but the queen tells you jorda can never leave the castle/island.
yet at the end, she IS there. also, she awakes from here petrification a dark
being yet when she washes up on the shore shes normal again.

I could've sworn this was the Shadow of the Colossus board!
This company makes games that make you ask questions, so think the idea was just to let you fill it in with your own story. I personally think that since the queen was killed, the spell over Yourda was also destroyed.

Dude I still haven't finished ICO and I totally didn't see that in the thread title since this is the SotC board. You should ask a mod to move this. I think most of these people check that board too so they would see it there.

I could've sworn this was the Shadow of the Colossus board!
This company makes games that make you ask questions, so think the idea was just to let you fill it in with your own story. I personally think that since the queen was killed, the spell over Yourda was also destroyed.

I could've sworn this was the Shadow of the Colossus board!
This company makes games that make you ask questions, so think the idea was just to let you fill it in with your own story. I personally think that since the queen was killed, the spell over Yourda was also destroyed.

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Dido to this. Also I think her will to leave was stronger. Before she had no reason to leave, nor knowledge of anything outside the castle really.

Not so sound of a broken record, but yes, should try to get this moved.

If there's an interview that confirms the theory it would be interesting to read.
I don't know if I buy the dream/hallucination thing or not. In the final scene, Ico is still missing both his horns, and he seems very tired (trips out of the boat) which makes sense after his battle with the queen. Jorda's survival could pretty simply because the destruction of the castle freed her. Also, don't we see an "ico beach" in SotC? It seems like it's a real place to me.

But I can see the reasoning for the other theory as well. It's great how the ending is kind of ambiguous that way.

Surprise1 is right, I believe the interview was in EGM, where they specifically stated that the planned such a controversial ending. They explained why they chose to have the hallucination ending, and not just have ICO survive. I believe the reasoning was that they didn't want to pursue the normal and much cliched happy ending.

Surprise1 is right, I believe the interview was in EGM, where they specifically stated that the planned such a controversial ending. They explained why they chose to have the hallucination ending, and not just have ICO survive. I believe the reasoning was that they didn't want to pursue the normal and much cliched happy ending.